Beyond Rational Management: Mastering the Paradoxes and Competing Demands of High Performance

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Wiley, Mar 9, 1988 - Business & Economics - 199 pages
Draws together extensive research on leadership, change, and organizational performance to help leaders make sense of the complexities and contradictions of organizational life. Explains how managers can come to see new possibilities for structuring organizations, designing jobs, and solving daily problems by learning to embrace and transcend paradoxes.

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The Journey from Novice to Master Manager
1
Mastering the Contradictions
25
Redefining
44
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Robert E. Quinn (Ann Arbor, MI) is a professor at the University of Michigan and an expert on organizational behavior and human resource management issues. His books include Beyond Rational Management, Becoming a Master Manager, and Deep Change.

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